Patents by Inventor Yuki Minato

Yuki Minato has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10283226
    Abstract: A jet pump measuring pipe repair method that repairs a ruptured part of a measuring pipe horizontally installed to a lower portion of a jet pump provided in reactor water inside a reactor pressure vessel. The repair method includes: fixing a support member to the jet pump near the measuring pipe left remained; mounting, after the support member fixing, a measuring pipe connector provided with a pipe-repairing pipe having both ends over which connecting pipes are fitted, respectively, to the support member; connecting, after the connector mounting, the remaining measuring pipe and connecting pipe using the measuring pipe connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuki Minato, Kunihiko Kinugasa, Hajime Mori, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Adachi, Tadahiro Mitsuhashi, Masanobu Watanabe, Yoshinori Katayama, Kozue Matsukawa, Satoshi Miyamura
  • Patent number: 9718151
    Abstract: A reactor measurement-pipe maintenance clamp apparatus includes a first clamp mechanism and a second clamp mechanism. The first clamp mechanism includes clamps to fix the measurement pipe between the clamps, first clamp operation bolts that are allowed to be turned by remote control from above a reactor core, and wedge mechanisms to convert the turning of the clamp operation bolts to displacement of the clamps in a radial direction of the diffuser to generate clamping forces for securing the measurement pipe. The second clamp mechanism includes a support clamp to hold the support, a second clamp operation bolt that is allowed to be turned by remote control from above the reactor core, and a wedge mechanism to convert the turning of the second clamp operation bolt to displacement of the support clamp in a tangential direction of the diffuser to generate clamping force for fixing the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yusuke Ozawa, Kunihiko Kinugasa, Hajime Mori, Yuki Minato, Masanobu Watanabe, Hiroyuki Adachi, Tadahiro Mitsuhashi
  • Patent number: 9371853
    Abstract: A bolt fixing device is configured so that a lock cap is pushed up by elastic force of an elastic member and engages upper surface teeth with lower surface teeth, the upper surface teeth being formed on the upper surface of a flange of a lock cap, the lower surface teeth being formed on the lower surface of an engagement flange of a body housing. Thus, the head bolt of a jet pump beam is fixed. With the configuration, when installing an inlet mixer, the head bolt of the jet pump beam is simply and reliably locked against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoki Fujita, Yuichi Motora, Kiyofumi Saiki, Kunihiko Kinugasa, Yasuhiro Sakai, Haruhiko Hata, Hajime Mori, Yuki Minato, Akira Ito, Kozue Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 9312036
    Abstract: In a jet pump measurement pipe repair method according to the present embodiment, a breakage part of a measurement pipe horizontally fixed to a lower part of a jet pump provided in reactor water in a reactor pressure vessel is repaired. The method has: a step of cutting and removing the measurement pipe including the breakage part; a step of retaining a connection pipe for connecting the remaining measurement pipe on the jet pump by means of a clamp; and a step of connecting ends of the remaining measurement pipe by means of the connection pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuki Minato, Toshihiro Yasuda, Kunihiko Kinugasa, Hajime Mori, Satoshi Yamamoto, Jun Suzuki, Tadahiro Mitsuhashi
  • Publication number: 20150016583
    Abstract: A jet pump measuring pipe repair method that repairs a ruptured part of a measuring pipe horizontally installed to a lower portion of a jet pump provided in reactor water inside a reactor pressure vessel. The repair method includes: fixing a support member to the jet pump near the measuring pipe left remained; mounting, after the support member fixing, a measuring pipe connector provided with a pipe-repairing pipe having both ends over which connecting pipes are fitted, respectively, to the support member; connecting, after the connector mounting, the remaining measuring pipe and connecting pipe using the measuring pipe connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuki Minato, Kunihiko Kinugasa, Hajime Mori, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Adachi, Tadahiro Mitsuhashi, Masanobu Watanabe, Yoshinori Katayama, Kozue Matsukawa, Satoshi Miyamura
  • Publication number: 20140362967
    Abstract: A reactor measurement-pipe maintenance clamp apparatus includes a first clamp mechanism and a second clamp mechanism. The first clamp mechanism includes clamps to fix the measurement pipe between the clamps, first clamp operation bolts that are allowed to be turned by remote control from above a reactor core, and wedge mechanisms to convert the turning of the clamp operation bolts to displacement of the clamps in a radial direction of the diffuser to generate clamping forces for securing the measurement pipe. The second clamp mechanism includes a support clamp to hold the support, a second clamp operation bolt that is allowed to be turned by remote control from above the reactor core, and a wedge mechanism to convert the turning of the second clamp operation bolt to displacement of the support clamp in a tangential direction of the diffuser to generate clamping force for fixing the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Yusuke OZAWA, Kunihiko Kinugasa, Hajime Mori, Yuki Minato, Masanobu Watanabe, Hiroyuki Adachi, Tadahiro Mitsuhashi
  • Publication number: 20140321937
    Abstract: A bolt fixing device is configured so that a lock cap is pushed up by elastic force of an elastic member and engages upper surface teeth with lower surface teeth, the upper surface teeth being formed on the upper surface of a flange of a lock cap, the lower surface teeth being formed on the lower surface of an engagement flange of a body housing. Thus, the head bolt of a jet pump beam is fixed. With the configuration, when installing an inlet mixer, the head bolt of the jet pump beam is simply and reliably locked against rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomoki Fujita, Yuichi Motora, Kiyofumi Saiki, Kunihiko Kinugasa, Yasuhiro Sakai, Haruhiko Hata, Hajime Mori, Yuki Minato, Akira Ito, Kozue Matsukawa
  • Publication number: 20120144641
    Abstract: In a jet pump measurement pipe repair method according to the present embodiment, a breakage part of a measurement pipe horizontally fixed to a lower part of a jet pump provided in reactor water in a reactor pressure vessel is repaired. The method has: a step of cutting and removing the measurement pipe including the breakage part; a step of retaining a connection pipe for connecting the remaining measurement pipe on the jet pump by means of a clamp; and a step of connecting ends of the remaining measurement pipe by means of the connection pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuki Minato, Toshihiro Yasuda, Kunihiko Kinugasa, Hajime Mori, Satoshi Yamamoto, Jun Suzuki, Tadahiro Mitsuhashi